Sons of America Picnic Plans Ahead of Weekend
The 22nd annual Sons of America Picnic will run Friday and Saturday at the Reynolds Store grounds. Route 522 north delivers attendees to a shale road access with noon Friday openings, a 2 PM softball game Gainesboro High School girls versus Unger boys, and a full schedule of events through Saturday including a 4 PM address by Congressman Harley O. Staggers and a 1 PM Winchester Brown Bomber vs Tomahawk, W Va baseball game.
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Reynolds Store
Glaize A Ana Co
Gainesboro
Unger
Harley O. Staggers
Winchester Brown Bomber
Tomahawk
W. Va
Local Boys Awarded Camp Scholarships
Four scholarships were awarded from a field of one hundred boys for the Annual Boys Forestry Camp to be held July 31 to August 5 at Holiday Lake in Buckingham Appomattox State Forest. State Forester George W. Steep announced the offers based on activity and interest in sound forest conservation methods including timber harvesting, forest fire control, cruising, marking and estimating, area surveying, tree planting, tree identification and game management.
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Holiday Lake
Buckingham-Appomattox
George W
Buck Ingham-Appomattox State Forest
Local Music Men To Attend Meeting In Chicago
Harry Geiman and Charles will Trad and Convention July 10 13 in Chicago. More than 9000 music merchants and manufacturers expected to attend. The president does not receive a pension after retirement from office.
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Harry Geiman
Charles Will Trad
Chicago
United States
Red Cross Group To Hold Meeting
Winchester Frederick County Red Cross Chapter gathers July 17 for its annual meeting at 8 p m in the Tilford room Christ Episcopal Church. Delegates to the recent national convention report and officers discuss plus ten new board members added.
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Detroit
Winchester- Frederick County
Red Cross
Tilford
Christ Episcopal Church
Susan Kabler
Earl Clowser
Gibson Baker
Miller-Luttrell visit relatives spans several states
Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Miller of Columbia Pennsylvania spent days with relatives in West Virginia and Martinsburg, including Mr. and Mrs. Carter Luttrell and the Kretzer family. Earnest Luttrell's wife had been ill for some time.
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White Hall
Gabriel Miller
Columbia
Carter Luttrell
Holmes Whitacre
Ruble Haines
Erma Haines
Pike Side
W. Va
Bessie Catlett
Albert Luttrell
Gary Lee
Floyd Luttrell
O. E. Kretzer
Margaret
Helen Kretzer
Lucy Kretzer
Lee Kretzer
Edna Lee
Martinsburg
Earnest Luttrell
Social Roundup From High View and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Garland Broy Mr and Mrs Robert Broy Avis Broy and Mr Cornelius Petty were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Marvin White and family. The MSCS of Refuge met with Mrs Reta Canfield. The Chambers Greene family called on Mr and Mrs Lawrence Orndoff in Welltown. Miss Bobbie Huffman visits her Maryland mother. Recent callers at the Whites include Mr and Mrs Earl Shiley and family and Mr and Mrs A W Conner and son Guy. The Orndoffs Mrs Mary Steele and Miss Peggy Huffman visited Mrs W D Derflinger in Riverton where she remains in hospital at Front Royal.
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High View
Garland Broy
Robert
Avis Broy
Cornelius Petty
Marvin White
MSCS
Refuge
Reta Canfield
Chambers Greene
Lawrence Orndoff
Welltown
Bobbie Huffman
Maryland
Earl Shiley
A. W. Conner
Guy
W. A. Orndoff
Mary Steele
Peggy Huffman
W. D. Derflinger
Riverton
Woman Keeper at Brookfeld Zoo Breaks Ground
Mrs. Mary Boleyn, 53, started a new career behind a Brookfeld Zoo refreshment stand last year and now oversees 40 small animals. She is the only woman keeper at the zoo and, to her bosses, the only one in a U. S. zoo.
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Chicago
Mary Boleyn
Brookfeld Zoo
Zoo
U. 8
Anti Leopold Move Sparks Belgian Political Contest
In Brussels anti Leopold factions plot more actions as Social Christians ready for a large parade to honor Regent Prince Charles amid parliamentary clashes over recalling Leopold III. Socialist backed strikes hit Belgian industry as pro Leopold efforts gain momentum.
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Brussels
Belgium
Switzerland
Leopold III
Prince Charles
Leopold
Local Soprano To Sing Sunday at Charles Town Church
Miss Betty Jane Hurst Winchester soprano will sing two selections at the Festival of Sacred Music at Charles Town Methodist Church. Guest organist Fred Swann from Evanston Illinois will play at 11 a m and 4 p m. Hurst performs These Are They Which Came and Sun Of My Soul by Alfred R Gaul.
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Betty Jane Hurst
Winchester
Charles Town Methodist Church
Fred Swann
Evanston,llinois
Correspondent Is Safe After Separation From U N Forces
Peter Kalischer United Press correspondent in Korea returned safely to American headquarters in Korea after being cut off from American forces for two and a half days.
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Tokyo
Peter Kalischer
United Press
Korea
Auto Crash Injures Two Near Cedar Creek Bridge
Two Baltimore residents were injured when a 1947 Chrysler driven by Lawrence Gamble overturned after losing control on U. S. Route 11 near Cedar Creek bridge in Warren County. Mrs Gamble suffered minor facial cuts. he had a deep ankle cut and other injuries. A 1950 Buick driven by a Mr Moxley sustained about $200 in damage. Passengers in Moxley’s car were uninjured.
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Baltimore
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Cedar Creek Bridge
Warren County
James Wood
Lawrence Gamble
Gamble
Moxley
Wood
Former Winchester Resident Dies in Washington
Miss Rebekah Beverley McGill, formerly of Winchester, died Wednesday in Washington where she had resided for several years. She was related to Rebecca and Frances Beverley of Winchester. Surviving relatives include her brother John McGill of Washington and sister Mrs. Virginia Coryell of Nova Scotia.
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Rebekah Beverley McGill
Winchester
Washington
Miss McGill
Rebecca
Frances Beverley
John McGill
Virginia Coryell
Nova Scotia
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King of
the Cowboys
Jack
Rogers
Willie
Ozark Ike
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LIONS
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Blondie
Patent Office
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